THE EVOLUTION PATH OF ANIMAL EPIDEMIC PUBLIC CRISIS UNDER THE BACKGROUND OF NETWORK PUBLIC OPINION
Keywords:
Network public opinion, Public crisis, Evolution pathAbstract
Animal epidemic emergencies are prone to rapid fermentation and diffusion via network public opinion, escalating into public crises and increasing the pressure on government emergency management. The evolution of animal epidemic public crises is governed by four core elements: subject, object, carrier, and inducer, resulting from the interactive effects of multi-agent behaviors, emotions, and cognition. Selecting 30 typical African swine fever cases in China, this paper adopts the Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) to identify the key conditional variables of crisis evolution, analyze multiple evolution paths under multi-factor configuration, and clarify the mechanism of factor combination on crisis diffusion and abatement. It provides theoretical and practical references for public opinion guidance and emergency governance of animal epidemics.References
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